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Careers rarely develop the way we plan them. Our career path often takes many twists and turns, with particular events, choices and people influencing our direction.

We asked Shane Bergin from Smart Futures to give some advice for people considering this job:

Science research and lecturing needs people who are curious, creative, stubborn (they like problems that take ages to solve). You need to like communication – you’ll be teaching, writing, debating and discussing science all day, everyday. If you like to be challenged intellectually, are creative about ways to solve problems, like working with teams people from the four corners of the world, then science is for you. It’s more David Attenborough than Sheldon Cooper.

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Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.

DPD to create 150 jobs and invest further in electric vehicles

The delivery company is to create 150 jobs and amp up attempts to become carbon netural through investment in electric vehicles.

DPD to create 150 jobs and invest further in electric vehicles
DPD, the courier company, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs as the company grows, part of these will result from an investment in eco-friendly electric vehicles. The company is investing €3.2 million in a new electric vehicle fleet, in an attempt to curb its carbon emissions and propel it towards its goal of becoming a carbon neutral company.

The investment, as part of its ElecriCity campaign, will allow for the provision of 15 new electric delivery vehicles, which will bring the company's total to 25. The new vehicles will serve delivery routes within Dublin, as it is currently one of the only parts of the country with suitable charging facilities for the electric vehicles' batteries.

DPD's business continues to grow within Ireland and many of the new jobs will facilitate the increased demand the business is seeing. The company currently employs 1,150 people in Ireland and the jobs boost will see this number rise to 1,300.

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